Hay-loader



A` V HODGSON.

HAY LoAngH APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. I9I8.

` Patented July 15, 1919.

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APPLlcAnoN FILED ocr. s'. 191s,

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' A TT ORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT .u rre.

ARTHUR V. HODGSON, 0]?V CECIL, OREGON.

HAY-LOADER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl I, ARTHUR V. HoDGsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cecil, in the county of Morrow, Stateof Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hay-Loaders;l and I do declare the following to be a clear,`

full, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This `invention relates t0 improvements in hay loaders and particularly to a portable type which may be used in connection with a hay press to elevate the baled hay from the press `to any desired point, such as a ywagon or a stack or hay loft; the princithe bales are weighed after leaving the press,

a weighing scales is interposed between the press and the loader. This device is especially adapted to be used where extra high stacking is required. Under present 'conditions, this necessitates a relay of men or the 'use of a derrick with its attendant hookin 0 and unhooking and manual hauling'up olfy the bales.

As another object, I have produced aloader, the normally elevated parts of which may be disconnected from each othery and lie horizontallyon the longitudinal frame, thereby rendering it possible to more easily transport it from place to place or house the same in a barn, etc. As a third object, I have provided a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of "such structure and relative arrangement of the parts as will fully'appear by a perusal of the following vsjg'iecitication and claims.

On the drawings, similar characters ,of

Specification of 'Letters Patent.

reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is .aside elevation of the complete elevator, showing the same backed up against a. weighing scales.

Patented J u1`y 15, 1919;

Application led y( lctober 5, 1918. vSerial No.- 2156,963.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken substantially on a line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a T-head bolt attachment.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the elevator partly broken out.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a portion'of ya lsprocket chain showing cross slat attachments thereon.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the

numeral 1 designates .the main or carrying I fra-me of Lthe device. This frame may be made of steel channels or I beams, or of wood, and is slightly narrower at its front end than at the rear, as shown in dotted lines on Fig. 4, in order that theelevator frame, which fits inside the main frame, will be in close relation with the holding beams, hereinafter described, which are mounted outside the main frame. This main frame has suitable cross beams and is mounted on rear wheels 2 and front wheels 3, which lat ter are turnably mounted on a king pin and provided with double trees and a tongue 4, all of the standard or customary form of construction, for the hitching of a pair of horses thereto to pull the device when it is desired to transport the same. y

Pivotally mounted in the frame 1 at the rear end thereof, as at 5, is theielevator frame 6. This frame has suitable cross braces 7 and a flooring 8 secured thereon.

At both ends of this frame are a pair of chain sprockets 9 on shafts 10, which project at one end outside the yfr amrie and have 'pulleys 11 secured thereon to either one of which a belt 12 from a gas engine or similar may be attached to turn the Q p V 1,310,187

are provided with suitably spaced barbs 17. These `barbs project outwardlyv from individual plates 18, which are riveted or bolted to the slats 16.

At spaced intervals, the frame 6 is provided with idlerl rollers. 19 which project through the fiooring 8 and on which ride the chains 13, so that some of the weight thereof will be taken off the flooring.

Pivotally mounted to the outside of the frame 1 toward the forward end thereof are upright beams 20.

These beams have connecting braces 21 at their lower lends and above the same are provided with longitudinal slots 22 centrally thereof. Secured to the beams 20 to register with said slots are vslotted metallic members 23, provided on each side of the slot with upwardly 4 opening notches or hooks. 24. Adapted to pass through each slot is abolt 25 rigidly secured to the frame 6 on which bolt is mounted a slidable sleeve 26 from each side of which projects a short bar 27 adapted to it into the notches 24. A hand screw 28 is threaded onto the bolt 25 beyond the member 27.

Thus, when itis desired to position thevoff the bolts momentarily by the field crew.

The members 26 are then slid out of engagement with onepair of notches, and the elevator lowered or raised until it is in the desired position. The members 26 are thenv removed from the slats' or the slats themselves replaced by barbless ones.' Thus, from the foregoing description, it will readily be seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth'herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice, such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus .described my invention, what l claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A loader for hay bales and the like comprising a rigidwheel mounted frame, an elevator frame pivotally mounted at the rear kend of the ,first named frame, an endlessdriven conveyer in the elevator frame, up-

' rights pivotally mounted to the rigid frame at the forward end thereof on either side of the elevator frame, said uprights being provided with longitudinal slots, bolts-rigidly mounted on the elevator frame and projecting through the slots, notched members on the uprights provided with slots centra-l of the notches in alinement with the first named slots, slidable T-shaped members on the bolts adapted to seat in the notches, and hand screws on the bolts whereby when the T-shaped members are seatedin any of the notches to liX the slant or angle of elevation of the elevator frame the hand screws will bind the elevator frame and uprights together to form a rigid unit.

Tn testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR V. HODGSON. Witnesses:

vTILDA BJoRK, JOHN NASH. 

